kvicktänkt
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
kvick (“quick”) + tänkt (“thought (or "think'd")”)
Adjective edit
kvicktänkt (not comparable)
- quickwitted
- Synonym: snabbtänkt
Usage notes edit
For someone who quickly comes up with the right thing to do in an emergency situation or the like, snabbtänkt sounds a bit better, though it's subtle.
Declension edit
| Inflection of kvicktänkt | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | kvicktänkt | — | — |
| Neuter singular | kvicktänkt | — | — |
| Plural | kvicktänkta | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | kvicktänkte | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | kvicktänkte | — | — |
| All | kvicktänkta | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||